Materials Science and Engineering

Biography

Mustafa Khamis served as chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, and Dean of Scientific Research at Al-Quds University. Dr. Khamis has taught a wide range of courses, ranging from general chemistry and physical chemistry to quantum chemistry and environmental chemistry. His research interests fall in the area of pure and applied research that includes wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture, heavy metal removal, the fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment as well as solution thermodynamics and kinetics.

Research Interest

Wastewater treatment technologies, noveladsorbents for the removal of inorganic and organic pollutants from the environment; wastewater reuse in agriculture; plant response and physiology as affected by saline nutrients and draught;physico-chemical methods for analysis, chemical kinetics and thermodynamics in solution phase; protein- nucleic acid interactions; low temperature spectroscopy.